Title :
An approach to PVCI-based wrapper design
Author :
Su Zhang ; Minglun Gao ; Yonghua Hu ; Li Li
Author_Institution :
Inst. of VLSI Design, Hefei Univ. of Technol., China
Abstract :
The methodology of IP reuse can improve the productivity of SoC development dramatically. But interfacing IPs which may have different pin structures, data widths or communication protocols is a tedious task. Designing a standard wrapper for each IP is a popular solution. Different from other interface synthesis approaches, this paper proposes a new approach to designing a PVCI-based wrapper. The proposed algorithm offers a base state machine platform on which designers can produce a FSM for a wrapper. This method has been employed to generate several real-purpose wrappers for IPs including VMI.
Keywords :
computer interfaces; finite state machines; integrated circuit design; protocols; system-on-chip; FSM; IP reuse methodology; PVCI based wrapper design; SoC development; base state machine platform; communication protocols; data widths; finite state machines; interface synthesis; peripheral VCI; pin structures; system-on-chip; virtual component interface;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC, 2003. Proceedings. 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7889-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICASIC.2003.1277579
